The book recounts the author's personal experiences after she and her husband lost their jobs and moved from their suburban home to a rural, off-the-grid property in the Ozark Mountains. It details their struggles with poverty, adapting to a simpler lifestyle, and the challenges of caring for their two goats. Memoirs are a subgenre of autobiography that focus on specific themes or periods in the author's life, and in this case, the book centers on the author's experiences with financial hardship and rural living.